Automatically detect & recover from plugin or theme crashes with smart error handling and instant recovery options.

Salim Shrestha

Never lose your WordPress site to fatal errors again! FailSafe is the ultimate WordPress error recovery plugin that protects your website from crashes caused by faulty plugins and themes. When disaster strikes, FailSafe automatically detects the problem and provides instant recovery solutions to get your site back online in seconds.
🚨 Stop Fatal Errors From Breaking Your Site 
WordPress fatal errors can happen anytime – a plugin update goes wrong, theme conflicts arise, or code breaks. FailSafe acts as your site’s guardian angel, catching these errors before they crash your website and providing safe recovery options.
🛡️ Advanced Protection Features
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<li>🔍 Smart Error Detection – Catches fatal PHP errors (E_ERROR, E_PARSE, E_CORE_ERROR) before they break your site</li>
<li>⚡ Instant Recovery – One-click plugin/theme deactivation to restore your site immediately </li>
<li>🎯 Precise Identification – Automatically identifies which plugin or theme caused the error</li>
<li>🖥️ Beautiful Recovery Interface – Clean, user-friendly error recovery screen with clear options</li>
<li>📊 Comprehensive Error Logging – Detailed error logs with timestamps, file locations, and error types</li>
<li>🔒 Secure Hash System – Military-grade security using SHA-256 hashes for error identification</li>
<li>⚙️ Flexible Configuration – Choose which error types to monitor and how to handle them</li>
<li>🚀 MU-Plugin Architecture – Loads before all other plugins for maximum protection coverage</li>
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🔄 How FailSafe Protects Your Site
<ol>
<li>🎯 Continuous Monitoring – FailSafe runs silently in the background, monitoring for fatal PHP errors</li>
<li>⚡ Lightning-Fast Detection – Uses PHP shutdown functions to catch errors the moment they occur </li>
<li>🔍 Smart Analysis – Automatically identifies which plugin or theme caused the error</li>
<li>📝 Secure Logging – Creates detailed error logs with unique hash identifications</li>
<li>🛠️ Instant Recovery – Displays beautiful recovery interface with one-click solutions</li>
<li>✅ Problem Resolution – Safely deactivates problematic plugins/themes to restore your site</li>
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💡 Real-World Example: 
Your site breaks after a plugin update → FailSafe detects the error → Shows recovery screen → You click “Deactivate Plugin” → Site works again in 5 seconds!
🎯 Perfect For: 
– Website Owners – Protect your business from downtime 
– Developers – Debug errors faster with detailed logs 
– Agencies – Maintain client sites with confidence 
– Beginners – User-friendly interface requires no technical knowledge
⚙️ Powerful Admin Dashboard
<ul>
<li>🎛️ Settings Control Panel – Fine-tune error monitoring and recovery behavior</li>
<li>📊 Error Analytics – View detailed logs, statistics, and error trends over time</li>
<li>🔍 Advanced Filtering – Search and filter errors by type, date, plugin, or theme</li>
<li>📤 Export Capabilities – Download error logs for external analysis</li>
<li>🔐 Enterprise Security – All actions protected with WordPress nonces and capability checks</li>
<li>🎨 Clean Interface – Intuitive admin design that’s easy to navigate</li>
</ul>
🌐 Enterprise & Multisite Ready 
FailSafe works flawlessly with WordPress multisite networks, providing centralized error protection across all your sites. Perfect for agencies managing multiple client websites!
<h3>Technical Details</h3>
💻 System Requirements 
* WordPress 5.0+ (tested up to 6.8) 
* PHP 7.4+ (PHP 8.0+ recommended) 
* MySQL 5.6+ or MariaDB equivalent 
* 1MB available disk space
🗄️ Database 
FailSafe creates a secure custom table <code>wp_failsafe_error_logs</code> for error storage. All data is encrypted and stored locally on your server.
🔧 Developer Hooks & Filters 
* <code>failsafe_before_error_handling</code> – Customize pre-error processing 
* <code>failsafe_after_error_logging</code> – Hook into post-logging actions 
* <code>failsafe_auto_disable_plugin</code> – Control auto-disable behavior 
* <code>failsafe_frontend_notice_content</code> – Customize recovery messages 
* <code>failsafe_error_detection_types</code> – Modify monitored error types
🌐 Compatibility 
* ✅ All major hosting providers (WP Engine, SiteGround, Bluehost, etc.) 
* ✅ All caching plugins (WP Rocket, W3TC, LiteSpeed, etc.) 
* ✅ All page builders (Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, etc.) 
* ✅ Multisite networks and subdirectory installations 
* ✅ WPML and multilingual setups
<h3>Support & Documentation</h3>
📚 Get Help: 
* 💬 <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/failsafe-fatal-error-recovery/" rel="ugc">Community Support</a>
<h3>Privacy & Security</h3>
🔒 Your Data Stays Private: 
* All error logs stored locally in YOUR database 
* Zero external data transmission or tracking 
* No third-party services or analytics 
* GDPR compliant – you control all data
📊 What We Log: 
* Error type and timestamp (for debugging) 
* File path and line number (for identification) 
* Plugin/theme information (for recovery) 
* Error messages (technical details only)
Purpose: All logged data is used exclusively for error recovery and site maintenance.
<h3>Third-Party Libraries</h3>
This plugin includes the following third-party libraries:
Choices.js – v10.2.0 
* Purpose: Provides accessible dropdown/select UI for plugin settings 
* License: MIT 
* Source Code: https://github.com/Choices-js/Choices 
* Files: assets/choices.min.js, assets/choices.min.css

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